Katamari Creator Designing UK Playground

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Keita Takahashi sets his sights on Nottingham.

By Rob Burman

Cast your mind back two years and you may remember Keita Takahashi, Katamari Damacy creator, telling the BBC he was set to give up videogames development to create a children's playground. Well, although Takahashi thankfully hasn't turned his back on gaming just yet, he is going to design a park and it's going to be in Nottingham, UK.

Speaking exclusively to IGN during Nottingham's GameCity festival, Takahashi revealed that the exact location of the park is still shrouded in secrecy and that progress depends entirely on how well development goes on his upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Nobi Nobi Boy.

"I haven't had too much time to think about it yet," explained Takahashi, "but there's the potential of making rides that are themed around Katamari Damacy or even Nobi Nobi Boy. I think that a Nobi Nobi Boy slide would be great."

He added that he thinks children should go outside more, rather than staying in their bedrooms and playing videogames. So, according to Takahashi, he's keen to make the slides, swings and what-have-you as physical as possible.